Contexto histórico e análise do conforto acústico em unidades de terapia intensiva (UTI’S)

Abstract

In the hospital architecture, the noises and negatives effects still persist in hospitals, in which most it doesn't promote minimum acoustics conditions to the sick recovery and the professionals performance. After the pandemic scenery and the overcrowded of Intensive Care Units, due to the emerge of disease COVID-19, this article has the objective to do a bibliographic revision and analyze historically the studies related to ambientals comfort in hospitals areas, with an emphasis on Intensive Care Units, that matches spaces reserved to the tratament of sick in more serious conditions. The methodology chosen for the development of this research was structured in a literature review, through bibliographic and documental collections that approach the historical context of environmental comfort in the health area, legislations, recommendations that help to obtain acoustic quality by comparing the noise level in eight cases studies, and guidelines that ensure acoustic quality in the ICUs. The results found revealed parameters that existe outside the national and international regulatory norms, some of which exceeded the determined limits. It is concluded that the sound informations in ICUs presented can result in serious consequences for sick and workers exposed to high levels of noise on a daily.